Umar Pantaleon Umanguay
@umar-u.bsky.social
Educator & Researcher | Decolonizing Science Education | Indigenous Knowledge & Ethics 🌍📚 #foodography #travelcontentcreator and #scienceEducator #antiColonial researcher/writer. https://tinyurl.com/pantaleonconsulting
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We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
Storying (sense-making) → Storytelling (sharing) → Dialogue (interpretation) → Theory (social insight).
August 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Storying (sense-making) → Storytelling (sharing) → Dialogue (interpretation) → Theory (social insight).
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The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
I’ve seen more programs and research echoing themes I’ve worked on. It’s encouraging, but I can’t help but notice how often the deeper question of colonialism’s foundational role in education remains untouched. Without confronting those roots, we risk dressing old systems in new language.
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’ve seen more programs and research echoing themes I’ve worked on. It’s encouraging, but I can’t help but notice how often the deeper question of colonialism’s foundational role in education remains untouched. Without confronting those roots, we risk dressing old systems in new language.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Perhaps we overemphasize the coherence or intentionality of “denialism” as a singular response. What is happening suggests more fragmented or ambivalent responses as improvisation, collaboration, and care that complicates our social mapping.
May 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Perhaps we overemphasize the coherence or intentionality of “denialism” as a singular response. What is happening suggests more fragmented or ambivalent responses as improvisation, collaboration, and care that complicates our social mapping.
Western science education, bounded by colonial assumptions of objectivity and universality, cannot contain all truths. Gödel’s theorem, which hinges on self-reference, turns inward, unsettling the illusion that the teacher stands outside the system they critique. No final proofs of ethical teaching.
May 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Western science education, bounded by colonial assumptions of objectivity and universality, cannot contain all truths. Gödel’s theorem, which hinges on self-reference, turns inward, unsettling the illusion that the teacher stands outside the system they critique. No final proofs of ethical teaching.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
April 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
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We don’t have words for the gravity of this moment. They are working to destroy everything great about America.
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NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We don’t have words for the gravity of this moment. They are working to destroy everything great about America.
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Is anyone going to talk about the irony of going after Columbia University, when they’re one of the few colleges that emphasizes western civilization and its great books in its undergraduate curriculum?
March 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Is anyone going to talk about the irony of going after Columbia University, when they’re one of the few colleges that emphasizes western civilization and its great books in its undergraduate curriculum?
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Imagine how much more healthy science would be if we hired and promoted faculty based on their mentorship, instead of merely counting pubs and grant dollars. 🧪
Academic hiring criteria are all wrong
The most important criteria are: mentorship, mentorship, and mentorship
scienceforeveryone.science
March 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Imagine how much more healthy science would be if we hired and promoted faculty based on their mentorship, instead of merely counting pubs and grant dollars. 🧪
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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Absurd we still need to go through this
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March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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Absurd we still need to go through this
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There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
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Los Angeles people: join us 12pm March 7 for a rally for science at the Federal Building in Westwood, and please spread the word to any pro-science folks you know. @standupforscience.bsky.social @latimes.com @ktla.com @abc7.bsky.social @kcrw.com @laist.com @crooked.com @nbcla.com @foxla.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Los Angeles people: join us 12pm March 7 for a rally for science at the Federal Building in Westwood, and please spread the word to any pro-science folks you know. @standupforscience.bsky.social @latimes.com @ktla.com @abc7.bsky.social @kcrw.com @laist.com @crooked.com @nbcla.com @foxla.bsky.social
Indigenous knowledge is science. Decolonizing science education means centering Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and relating. It’s time to challenge colonial frameworks and honor ancestral wisdom. #IndigenousKnowledge #DecolonizeScience
February 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Indigenous knowledge is science. Decolonizing science education means centering Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and relating. It’s time to challenge colonial frameworks and honor ancestral wisdom. #IndigenousKnowledge #DecolonizeScience
Q: What did I do last week? A: I had concepts of a plan.
February 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Q: What did I do last week? A: I had concepts of a plan.
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So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
February 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
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So incredibly heartened by my colleagues who are fighting like hell for a world where people have access to the arts and humanities, not because it serves STEM, but because this is about nourishing our humanity
February 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So incredibly heartened by my colleagues who are fighting like hell for a world where people have access to the arts and humanities, not because it serves STEM, but because this is about nourishing our humanity
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Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.
February 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.
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This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
February 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.